Customers line up in marked spaces as they wait to make a purchase from a popular food vendor in Shanghai. Photo: IC Photo

The ground leading to the vendor has been divided with yellow warning tape to help customers keep their distance from one another. Photo: IC Photo

A customer gets to the front of the line. Photo: IC Photo

A customer picks up his purchases. Photo: IC Photo

Dozens of people wait in line Sunday to register to enter an office building in Xi’an, Central China’s Shaanxi province. Some keep a distance of as much as two meters (6.5 feet) from the next person. Photo: IC Photo

The queue in front of the office building makes a turn as more people in line. Photo: IC photo